Introduction to CakePHP

I discovered the CakePHP framework only several weeks ago, and I'm already creating useful web applications with little effort. After briefly looking at several PHP frameworks, I chose to start learning CakePHP because I could easily find documentation on getting started. Once I learned how to use the bake feature to automatically build a skeleton for my application, I was hooked. Baking an application consists of creating a database schema with a certain naming convention, then allowing a script to read the schema and create enough code so you can Create Read Update and Delete records. 

The cookbook has been the most valuable resource for me so far. It explains every aspect of the framework in a way that's easy to understand. The book also includes a couple of tutorials that demonstrate how easy it is to quickly build database driven web sites using CakePHP with modern features like user authentication. 

After reading the book, the IRC channel is a good place to get questions answered quickly, and also help others who are not as experienced as you. I hope I've inspired you to check out CakePHP for your next PHP project. Happy baking!